AdSense Tax - US or Non US?

[fr600]

Hi,

I'm not from US and I have a question regarding adsense tax info. Adsense asks if I own a Web Server or Hosting Service in the US. Well, my site is hosted in the US and I'm using shared hosting. Does this mean that I own a hosting service in the US?

Sorry, it's a dumb question, but I'm confused and I need to know. Thanks.

 

[B33R]

No. You only have to pay tax if you actually own a hosting server/service. Using a third party hosting service does not count as "owning", it's considered to be renting.

The following is directly from Google Adsense tax help pages.

Non U.S. Business (No U.S. Activities )

United States (U.S.) Activities involve having employees or owning equipment in the U.S. that are involved in any way with revenue earned through the AdSense programme. This includes, but is not limited to, owning a web server or owning a hosting service in the U.S., or having employees in the U.S. who are involved in either:

1. setting up a web server, hosting service, or website
2. developing content for your website
3. marketing to create a user base for your site
4. telephone support for your site
5. buying products for your site
6. maintaining your site

Generally, utilizing an unrelated third-party U.S. web hosting service to host your web pages, renting web servers that are located in the U.S. from an unrelated third party, or having your payment sent to a U.S. Post Office Box or mail forwarding address, do not of themselves constitute U.S. Activities.